Welcome to the Biomechanics of Animal Locomotion Laboratory at the School of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University. We study the physiology, ecology and evolution of animal locomotion using comparative biomechanics. Our research approach provides insight into the adaptation of animals for locomotion within the constraints imposed by biological and physical principles.
To this end, we use modeling, simulations and experiments (in the lab and field) to break down locomotion to its bio-mechanical components (for more information see the Research page).
Interested in joining the lab? Visit the Open Positions page
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Contact information:
Room 228, Sherman building School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, ISRAEL Tel: +972-3-6408646 Fax: +972-3-6406405 email: gribak at tauex.tau.ac.il We are affiliated with:
School of Zoology, TAU - link The Garden for Zoological Research - link The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History - link Sagol School of Neuroscience - link We collaborate with:
Prof. Roi Gurka, Coastal Carolina University - link Dr. Bat-El Pinchasik, Mechanical Engineering, TAU - link Funding:
Latest Lab news (last update Apr, 2024):
16/04/2024 Congratulations to Tom Apelbaum for winning the best poster award at the Annual meeting of the Israel Zoological Society 11/03/2024 Congratulations to Leeor Morduch for successfully defending his MSc thesis on the design of insect-inspired flapping mechanisms 04/03/2024 Congratulations to Ori Stearns for transferring from the MSc to the Direct PhD track. Ori is working on the dispersal and aerodynamics of forward flight in Batocera rufomaculata 04/01/2024 Our representative Ori Stearns is presenting in SICB 01/10/2023 Congratulations to Hagar Csillag for winning the Lester fellowship and starting her PhD research on the hydrodynamics of swimming in waterfowl More news |
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